Side effects perceived by the population from vaccination against COVID-19

Abstract

A descriptive quantitative research was carried out with a cross-sectional design with a nonprobabilistic sampling in which 60 people from the San Francisco de Mariscal neighborhood participated in April - June 2022, the instrument used was a questionnaire that addresses the perception of people against COVID -19 and preferences against inoculation, and side effects of vaccines and prior consent were applied to the participation of each participant, in this context perception is a mechanism to survive and receive information generating an idea and knowledge about something or someone, among the results, it was shown that the majority of the surveyed population were women, so the majority of the population was immunized regardless of the brand of the vaccine, and they did so to prevent the spread of covid-19 and not die, returning to everyday life without protocols. It was also noted that students and independent individuals (people who earn income on their own) have more excellent knowledge about immunization due to the amount of educational and informational resources about the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, the side effects perceived by most of the population were mild, highlighting edema, erythema, and itching. It was concluded that the perception of the population was favorable to side effects because they are less worried about suffering from COVID-19 disease.